Issues considered in contemplating stepchild adoption

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-71

  Ganong, Lawrence ^a   Coleman, Marilyn ^b   Fine, Mark ^b   McDaniel, Annette Kusgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adoption; Stepchildren; Stepparent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032342940     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/584852     Document Type: Article

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